Surgical repair of a tibial fracture in a two-week-old grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)

Abstract

Surgical treatment of a long-bone fracture in a wild immature grey seal was successful with a combination of techniques adapted to the species.

Management of distal femoral diaphyseal fractures with string of pearls locking plate in dogs

“…Radiographic healing was noticed with development of endosteal and bridging callus with absence of fracture lines. Similar findings were also reported by Ness (2009), Scrimgeour andWorth (2011), Fitzpatrick et al (2012), Kim and Lewis (2014) and Hespel et al (2013). None of animals showed excessive callus formation, periosteal reaction, osteomyelitis or soft tissue changes.…”

Locking plate femur fracture repair in a juvenile Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Sierra Leone

“…16 The growth plates are unaffected, which is advantageous in young animals. 17 Locking plates do not compress the periosteum and vascular tissue beneath the plate compared to normal bone plates. Weight bearing can commence rapidly after surgery, and immobilisation is not needed.…”

“…Locking plates are the equivalent of using external fixation internally 16 . The growth plates are unaffected, which is advantageous in young animals 17 . Locking plates do not compress the periosteum and vascular tissue beneath the plate compared to normal bone plates.…”

Fracture Morphology and Fracture Management

“…The novel use of a locking bone plate in the successful treatment of a tibial facture in young grey seal is also described in a case report, and highlights the challenges of managing complications, rehabilitation and follow-up fracture evaluation in a wild animal (3).…”

“…Our first issue of VCOT for this year contains several papers pertaining to the study of fracture morphology, and the stabilization of fractures with bone plates (1)(2)(3). In addition, Herten and colleagues describe the characterization of mesenchymal stem cells isolated from bone marrow by a point-of-care device; these cells had osteogenic potential that could be expected to contribute to the repair of fractures and osseous defects (4).…”